Photovoltaic Potential and Solar Resource Maps of Canada

This web mapping application gives estimates of the electricity that can be generated by grid-connected photovoltaic systems without batteries (in kWh/kWp) and of the mean daily global insolation (in MJ/m2 and in kWh/m2) for any location in Canada on a 60 arc seconds ~2 km grid. They are presented for each month and for the entire year, for six different PV array orientations: a sun-tracking orientation and five fixed South-facing orientations with latitude, vertical (90°), horizontal (0°) and latitude ± 15° tilts. Data can also be obtained directly for individual municipalities from a list of over 3500 municipalities or downloaded for all municipalities at once.

These maps and datasets were developed by the Canadian Forest Service (Great Lakes Forestry Centre) in collaboration with the CanmetENERGY Photovoltaic systems group and the Federal Geospatial Platform. Insolation data were provided by Environment and Climate Change Canada. Web map application developed by Federal Geospatial Platform, 2020.

References:

Pelland S., McKenney D. W., Poissant Y., Morris R., Lawrence K., Campbell K. and Papadopol P., 2006. The Development of Photovoltaic Resource Maps for Canada, In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Solar Energy Society of Canada (SESCI) 2006.

McKenney D. W., Pelland S., Poissant Y., Morris R., Hutchinson M, Papadopol P., Lawrence K. and Campbell K., 2008. Spatial insolation models for photovoltaic energy in Canada, Solar Energy 82, pp. 1049–1061.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2020
Date ( RI_366 )
2020
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Energy Efficiency and Technology Sector - ( )
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Photovoltaic
  • Radiation
  • Solar
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Climate
  • Solar energy
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
otherRestrictions; autresRestrictions RI_609
Other constraints
Any reproduction or public use of these maps or datasets should mention “© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2020”.
Spatial representation type
grid; grille RI_636
Metadata language
eng
Metadata language
fra
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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1974
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1993
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3978 /
Distribution format
  • ESRI REST ( 10.8.1 )

  • FGDB/GDB ( 10 )

  • CSV ( N/A )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, GeoDiscovery - ( )
OnLine resource
Cartography data (with ArcMap project file) - Photovoltaic potential and solar resource maps of Canada, File Geodatabase ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Municipality database - Mean daily global insolation (MJ/m²) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Municipality database - Mean daily global insolation (kWh/m²) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Municipality database - Photovoltaic potential (kWh/kWp) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Application data - Photovoltaic potential and solar resource maps of Canada ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Application data - Photovoltaic potential and solar resource maps of Canada ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Application - Photovoltaic potential and solar resource maps of Canada ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;eng

OnLine resource
Application - Photovoltaic potential and solar resource maps of Canada ( HTTPS )

Application;Web App;fra

File identifier
8b434ac7-aedb-4698-90df-ba77424a551f XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2023-11-30T10:46:36
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Energy Efficiency and Technology Sector - ( )
 
 

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